Tunesmith: The Songs of Jimmy Webb

Tunesmith: The Songs of Jimmy Webb is a compilation album of songs written by Jimmy Webb and performed by various artists. Released in November 2003 by Raven Records, this two-disc compilation covers most of Webb's songwriting career, including some of his earliest recordings from the 1960s.

Packaging
The two-disc compilation contains an insert with liner notes written by Glenn A. Baker.

Track listing

 * Disc 1


 * 1) "Love Years Coming" by Strawberry Children – 2:47
 * 2) "I Keep On Keeping On" by the Contessas – 2:27
 * 3) "Worst That Could Happen" by Brooklyn Bridge – 3:05
 * 4) "How Sweet It Is" by The Picardy Singers – 2:36
 * 5) "Up, Up and Away" by 5th Dimension – 2:37
 * 6) "The Girls' Song" by Jackie DeShannon – 1:49
 * 7) "Tunesmith" by Vicki Carr – 3:07
 * 8) "Requiem: 820 Latham" by The Executives – 3:08
 * 9) "Magic Garden" by Dusty Springfield – 2:24
 * 10) "Galveston" by Glen Campbell – 2:38
 * 11) "Just Another Piece of Paper" by Glen Campbell – 2:08
 * 12) "Macarthur Park" by Richard Harris – 7:24
 * 13) "If Ships Were Made to Sail" by Scott Walker – 2:36
 * 14) "Where Does Brown Begin?" by Scott Walker – 4:34
 * 15) "Song Seller" by Paul Revere & The Raiders – 3:32
 * 16) "Clowns Exit Laughing" by The Fortunes – 3:11
 * 17) "When It Was Done" by Hugo Montenegro – 3:43
 * 18) "She Never Smiles Anymore" by The Mike Perjanik Complex – 3:09
 * 19) "Do What You Gotta Do" by Four Tops – 4:02
 * 20) "Honey Come Back" by Junior Walker & the All Stars – 4:19
 * 21) "By the Time I Get to Phoenix" by Stevie Wonder – 4:21
 * 22) "My Christmas Tree" by Temptations – 3:18
 * 23) "Didn't We" by Dionne Warwick – 2:47
 * 24) "Mixed-Up Girl" by Nancy Wilson – 2:30


 * Disc 2


 * 1) "P.F. Sloan" by The Association – 4:01
 * 2) "Wichita Lineman"/ "By the Time I Get to Phoenix" by King Harvest (see Leo de Castro) – 4:17
 * 3) "All My Love's Laughter" by Jennifer Warnes – 3:23
 * 4) "The Moon's a Harsh Mistress" by Judy Collins – 3:05
 * 5) "Parenthesis" by Kerry Biddell – 2:51
 * 6) "The Name of My Sorrow" by Mark Lindsay – 4:37
 * 7) "The Old Man at the Fair" by Mark Lindsay – 3:37
 * 8) "Met Her on a Plane" by Ian Matthews – 3:35
 * 9) "All I Know" by Art Garfunkel – 2:25
 * "5:30 Plane" by The Supremes – 3:56
 * 1) "Cheap Lovin'" by The Supremes – 4:19
 * 2) "Everybody Gets to Go to the Moon" by The Three Degrees – 4:17
 * 3) "She Moves, Eyes Follow" by Kenny Rankin – 3:59
 * 4) "Oklahoma Nights" by Arlo Guthrie – 3:23
 * 5) "Highwayman" by The Highwaymen – 3:02
 * 6) "Himmler's Ring" by Lowell George – 2:30
 * 7) "Lost Generation" by Onie J. Holy – 3:19
 * 8) "The Last Unicorn" by Kenny Loggins – 3:43
 * 9) "Where's the Playground Susie" by Everything but the Girl – 2:30
 * 10) "Wichita Lineman" by R.E.M. – 3:15
 * 11) "You Can't Treat the Wrong Man Right" by Linda Ronstadt – 3:31
 * 12) "Adios" by Linda Ronstadt – 3:36

Personnel
The following is an alphabetical list of the primary artists represented on this compilation.


 * The 5th Dimension
 * The Association
 * Brooklyn Bridge
 * Glen Campbell
 * Vikki Carr
 * Judy Collins
 * Leo de Castro
 * Jackie DeShannon
 * Everything But the Girl
 * The Executives
 * Four Tops
 * Art Garfunkel


 * Lowell George
 * Arlo Guthrie
 * Richard Harris
 * The Highwaymen
 * King Harvest
 * Mark Lindsay
 * Kenny Loggins
 * Ian Matthews
 * Hugo Montenegro
 * R.E.M.
 * Kenny Rankin
 * Paul Revere & the Raiders


 * Linda Ronstadt
 * Dusty Springfield
 * Strawberry Children
 * The Supremes
 * The Temptations
 * The Three Degrees
 * Junior Walker & the All-Stars
 * Scott Walker
 * Jennifer Warnes
 * Dionne Warwick
 * Jimmy Webb
 * Stevie Wonder